COSEE Coastal Trends

我们这一代人面临的一个主要环境挑战是理解并最终管理沿海海洋中发生的无数变化。了解气候和人为因素如何驱动这些沿海趋势需要基本的科学素养。本项目的目标是提高对海洋科学的认识，重点是通过科学家、教育工作者和公众之间的伙伴关系了解沿海趋势。COSEE沿海趋势项目汇集了经验丰富的科学教育工作者和沿海海洋研究科学家，合作分析、整合和解释有关海洋科学原理的当前科学知识，并关注沿海趋势。该项目将为教师、学生和公众提供解决这些问题的教育模块。该项目以COSEE以前的经验为基础，利用与沿海海洋科学家（例如，马萨诸塞州、弗吉尼亚州和佐治亚州的长期生态研究项目）和最终用户群体（例如，国家公园管理局、弗吉尼亚州水族馆、国家地理学会、NOAA NEERS）的创造性合作伙伴关系，开发和提供独特而令人兴奋的教育材料（例如，视频剪辑、播客、网络教程），以解决国家科学教育标准和海洋素养原则。由一名教育工作者、一名科学家、一名研究生和一名代表性不足的大学生组成的独特奖学金小组（由一名科学传播者、网站管理员和评估员提供支持）将组成12个沿海趋势模块（每年3个）。这些研究金小组将把研究和教育结合起来，形成沿海趋势模块，这些模块将在不同的研究所、课程和指导活动中进行实地测试。这一系列协同互动将提供最终用户群体可以应用并传播到K-12和公共教育场所的材料。COSEE的资金将通过以低成本促进与科学家的协同作用和建立广泛、创造性的伙伴关系来有效利用。交错的时间线确保了开发、交付、现场测试、评估和反馈。项目的范围是根据在其持续时间内不断增加的经验来设计的。将通过优化反馈的外部和内部评估人员之间的互动，不断评估项目研究所和模块的有效性。

A major environmental challenge for our generation is to comprehend and ultimately manage the myriad of changes occurring in the coastal ocean. Understanding how climatic and anthropogenic factors drive these coastal trends requires basic science literacy. The goal of the present project is to increase literacy in ocean science with a focus on understanding coastal trends through partnerships among scientists, educators and the general public.This COSEE Coastal Trends project brings together experienced science educators and coastal ocean research scientists in collaboration to analyze, integrate and interpret current scientific knowledge on ocean science principles and focus on coastal trends. The project will generate educational modules addressing these issues for teachers, students and the general public. The project builds on previous COSEE experience and uses creative partnerships with coastal ocean scientists (e.g., Long Term Ecological Research projects in MA, VA and GA) and end-user groups (e.g., National Park Service, VA Aquarium, National Geographic Society, NOAA NEERS) to develop and deliver unique and exciting educational materials (e.g., video clips, pod-casts, web tutorials) that address National Science Education Standards and Ocean Literacy Principles. Unique Fellowship Teams comprised of an educator, a scientist, a graduate student and an under-represented college student (supported by a science communicator, webmaster and evaluator) will be assembled to develop twelve coastal trend modules (three per year). These Fellowship Teams will serve to integrate research and education to generate Coastal Trend Modules, which will be field-tested in diverse institutes, courses and mentoring activities. This sequence of synergistic interactions will deliver materials that end-user groups can apply and disseminate to K-12 and public education venues. COSEE funds will be effectively leveraged by fostering synergism with scientists at little cost and by forming broad, creative partnerships. A staggered time-line insures development, delivery, field-testing, evaluation, and feedback. The project's scope is designed to build with increasing experience over the course of its duration. The effectiveness of project institutes and modules will be continually assessed through interactions between external and internal evaluators that optimize feedbacks.